Pistol-holster carrier.



F. H. AUDLEY.

PISTOL HOLSTER CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED JULY5, 1910. nnnnwnn APR. 13,1912.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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WITNESSES.

COLUMBIA PLANOGIIAFH c0., WASHINGTON, n. C. V

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

FRANCIS H. AUDLEY, or NEW YORK, N; Y.

PIsToL-HoLs'rER CARRIER.

Specification of Letters I'atent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

Applicationfiled July 5, 1910, Serial No. 570,21l. Renewed April 13,1912. Serial No. 690,656.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. AUDLEY, a citizen of the United States,and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pistol-Holster Carriers, of which the following is a specification, such aswill enable those skilled in the artto which itappertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to supports or carriers for pistol holsters andthe object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class whichmay be used in connect-ion with an ordinary pair of suspenders or with rl able pin 0?, the lower end of which is con- 1 nected with a slide 6Z5movable on the sides of the part (Z, and between which and the upper endportion al of said part cl is placed 1 a spiral spring (Rand one end ofthe strap Z) is passed through the slide (5 and is con- 1 nected withthe main part of said strap a belt, and by means of which the pistolholster is supported under the left arm and within the coat so that apistol or revolver may be conveniently withdrawn therefrom by the righthand; a further object being to provide a device of the class specifieddesigned particularly for use by policemen and others having alegitimate right to carry a pistol or revolver, and by means of which apistol holster may be carried without be ing inserted into a pocket ofthe trousers or other garment; and with these and other objects in viewthe invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed ashereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms apart, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved holster carrier and indicating the method of its use inconnection with a belt; Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig.3 a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a section on the line 44 ofFig. 1; Fig. 5 a section on the line 55 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 a viewsimilar to Fig. 1 but showing my improvement used in connection with anordinary pair of suspenders.

In the practice of my invention as shown in Fig. 1 I provide a belt aprovided at one end with a buckle a and the other end a of which isprovided with holes a whereby said end may be connected with the buckle(4 Connected with the belt an adjacent to the buckle a as shown at a andat a predetermined point as shown at a", said point a being nearer theend a than the buckle end of the belt, is a shoulder strap 6 which whenthe device is in use passes over the left shoulder and the end portion 6of which is connected with the belt at a so that the pull on the beltwill be from the back right side of the use-r. The connection of thestrap Z) with the belt aat the back is made by means of a tab 0 having abuttonhole or slot 0 through which is passed a. button 0 connected withthe belt (a, and the tab 0, is

connected with an oblong link-shaped attachment (Z having a bottomtransverse member (Z around which the tab 0 is secured, and a toptransverse member (i through which is passed a vertically movby means ofa sliding buckle device (l this construction being clearly shown inFigs. 1

and 2, and by means of this construction the strap 1) has a sliding andtensional con- ;nection with the belt a. The strap 6 is also provided atits front end with a tab 6, and is connected with the belt at a by meansof a button 6 passed through said tab, and

the front end portion of said strap is passed through a buckle-shapeddevice d, the same as the buckle-shaped device (Z used at the back endshown in Fig. 3, and the front end portion of said strap is connectedwith another sliding buckle-shaped device d the same as the part d usedat the back.

A buckle-shaped device f is mounted on the front end portion of thestrap Z) and is adapted to slide thereon and connected therewith asshown at f in Fig. 5 is a tab 9 through which the strap 12 passes, inthe construction shown, and the tab 9 is provided with a backwardlydirected extension 9 with which is connected a strap 72. which passesaround the body under the left arm and is connected with the strapb atthe back as shown at 9 the back endportion, in

making this connection, being passed around the strap 71. and connectedwith a sliding. and adjustable buckle g mounted on the strap 9. The tab9 is provided with a spring hook device If as clearly shown in Figs. 1and 3, and in practice the holster i is suspended from saidhook.

The holster 2', shown in the drawing, is of a well known form and theback 2' of the open end thereof is cut away at an angle or inclinationas shown at 2' and secured thereto is an oblong link-shaped device j,one end portion of which is preferably provided with a semi-circularloop y' in which the hook k is adapted to rest in one position of theholster 75.

Connected with the strap h, adjacent to the backwardly directedextension of the tab 9, is a strap is, the lower end portion of which isadapted to be connected at 70 with the back i of the holster i, thisconnection being preferably made by a fastening device of the ball andsocket type, as shown at is in Fig. 4, the socket member being connectedwith the strap 70 and the ball member with the back of the holster.

In Fig. 1 the holster is shown in full lines in its normal position andwhen the device is on the body of the user it hangs suspended in avertical position and the strap is prevents it from swinging backwardlyand forwardly, and when it is desired to withdraw the pistol or revolverfrom the holster the handle thereof is grasped by the right hand and theholster is moved in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thehook 7&2 in this operation sliding through the link-shaped device 7' andthe holster will remain in this position until the pistol or revolver isagain inserted thereinto, in which operation the holster is moved backinto the position shown in full lines in said figure.

The strap 6 may be worn under a vest or similar garment in whichoperation the hook is passed through the left armhole and the holsterhangs between the vest and the coat and is concealed by the latter, orthe device may be worn without a vest as will be readily understood.

In Fig. 1I have indicated at m the left arm of the wearer and at m theleft body line so as to clearly indicate the position of the holsterwhen in use, and in Fig. 6 I have shown my improvement applied to anordinary pair of suspenders, and in this operation or use of the devicethe buckleshaped attachment f is connected with the suspender strap n atthe front, and the strap h is connected with the suspender strap at theback as shown at n. p

The suspender straps shown in Fig. 6 are provided attheir front endswith the usual bottom straps 0, and the connection of these straps withthe suspender straps at 0 may be made in the usual or any desiredmanner,

I have shown and described my improvement as described for use under theleft arm and applied to a suspending strap passed over the leftshoulder, it will be apparent that the said improvement may be I appliedto a suspending strap passed over the right shoulder in cases where suchar rangement is necessary by reason of the user being left handed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a pistol holster carrier, a suspending strap adapted to be passedover a shoulder of the user and secured at the waist, a tab devicedetachably connected with said strap at the front and provided with asupplemental transverse strip which is connected therewith and with thesuspending strap at the back, and a holster, said tab device and saidholster being provided with devices whereby said holster may beconnected with said tab device and suspended in a vertical position andturned into a substantially horizontal position in which the handleofthe pistol will extend forwardly.

2. In a pistol holster carrier, a suspending strap adapted to be passedover a shoulder of the user and be secured at the waist,

a tab device detachably connected with said strap and when the carrieris in use occupy- .ing a position just below one arm-pit, a holster, ahook connected with said tab device and an oblong link device connectedwith the back of the holster and adapted to be engaged with said hookdevice whereby said holster may be connected with said tab device andsuspended in a vertical position and turned into a substantially horlzontal position in which the handle of said pistol will extend forwardlyfIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 2nd day of July 1910.

FRANCIS ILAUDLEY. Witnesses B. M. RYnRsoN, C. E. l\IULREA NY.

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. Washington, D. G.

